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  • Green Island National Park

    This small rainforest-clad coral cay is surrounded by coral reefs and is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s most popular [more…]

  • Frankland Group National Park

    Surrounded by extensive fringing reefs, the five islands of Frankland Group National Park feature rocky outcrops, dense rainforest, mangroves and [more…]

  • Fitzroy Island National Park

    Fitzroy Island National Park is rugged with diverse landscapes featuring granite outcrops, open woodlands, rainforest, mangroves and coral beaches. This [more…]

  • Turtle Bommie

    Turtles are often encountered on the dive sites off Cairns and a good place to encounter one is Turtle Bommie. [more…]

  • Northern Great Barrier Reef

    Cairns and Tropical North Queensland is the closest point in Australia to experience the Great Barrier Reef. When travellers visualise [more…]

  • Vlasoff Cay

    Vlasoff Cay is a Tropical North Queensland bucket-list attraction just north of Green Island. It is a picturesque sand bar [more…]

  • Raine Island

    Hosting the largest green turtle rookery in the world, Raine Island is an excellent dive site to encounter dozens of [more…]

  • Great Detached Reef

    Situated north of Cooktown, close to the Queensland cape, Great Detached Reef is a large complex of several reefs sitting [more…]

  • Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park

    Cape Tribulation, in Daintree National Park, is famed for steep rainforested mountains sweeping down to long sandy beaches and turquoise [more…]

  • Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park

    At Mossman Gorge, a section of Daintree National Park, crystal-clear water cascades over large granite boulders in the Mossman River. [more…]

  • Mossman

    Mossman is a picturesque little township nestled at the foot of the mountains among bright green fields of sugar cane. [more…]

  • Cow Bay

    After crossing the Alexandra Range visitors encounter the first bit of ‘civilisation’ north of the Daintree River at Cow Bay, [more…]

  • Nature’s PowerHouse Visitor Information Centre, Gallery and Cafe

    Nature’s Powerhouse is a much loved community asset situated in the magnificent Cooktown Botanic Gardens. Operating as a social enterprise [more…]

  • Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL)

    Journey through golden sandstone hills and sweeping grasslands, boat along scenic coastal estuaries and vast river systems, and delight in [more…]

  • Mount Cook National Park

    Rising 431 metres above the surrounding landscape, rugged Mount Cook is the scenic backdrop to Cooktown. Lieutenant Phillip Parker King [more…]

  • Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)

    Rugged yet beautiful, Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) features the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, impressive [more…]

  • Little Annan Gorge

    Little Annan Gorge is a gorge and swimming hole on the Anna River near Cooktown. It is safe to swim [more…]

  • Milbi Wall (The Story Wall)

    To acknowledge the significance of the first known European contact with the Aboriginal people of the area, Cook Shire Council [more…]

  • Mary Watson Monument Cooktown

    This monument was erected in 1886 by the residents of Cooktown honouring Mrs Mary Watson. Mary, her infant son and [more…]

  • Cooktown War Memorial

    Recruitment for WWI in the Cooktown region drew men from the tin mining industries around Rossville and Shiptons Flat to [more…]

  • Quinkan Reserves Ancient Rock Art

    Famous for its rock art, Quinkan Country contains a large and dramatic body of prehistoric rock paintings. These galleries have [more…]

  • Wujal Wujal

    Wujal Wujal is the local Kuku-Yalanji clan name meaning ‘many falls’, highlighting the many sacred waterfalls in their landscape. This [more…]

  • Weipa

    Weipa is a mining town built by Comalco to house its employees and their families, government workers and support people [more…]

  • Seisia

    Seisia is Australia’s most northerly community and departure point for a range of marine based activities – day trips with [more…]

  • Pormpuraaw

    Visitors come from all over Australia to enjoy the excellent fishing at Pormpuraaw, on the west coast of Queensland. Situated [more…]

  • Lockhart River

    Lockhart River was originally an Anglican Mission, relocated from ‘Old Site’ south of Cape Direction, to its present location on [more…]